Hello,
You will see two abstracts below. I located them by doing a PubMed
(medline) search. PubMed is a publicly accessible medical indexing
database maintained by the folks at the National Library of Medicine.
In other words, its reliable information. The abstracts here are from
articles published in the journal "Complementary therapies in
medicine." The first abstract summarizes actual research involving 20
individuals with frozen shoulder problems. The second abstract
indicates that complementary/alternative medicine providers believe
the bowen technique is an effective therapy. Check out my search
strategy and links below the abstracts.
A pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of Bowen technique in the
management of clients with frozen shoulder.
PG - 208-15
AB - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clients' experience of Bowen Technique in
the treatment of frozen shoulder in terms of their pain, functional
ability and well-being. DESIGN: A case series that used primarily
quantitative methods and qualitative interviews. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty
participants with frozen shoulder. INTERVENTION: Bowen Technique,
using 'frozen shoulder procedure'. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Range of
active and passive motion(abduction, flexion, extension, medial
rotation, lateral rotation and 'wall climb') in both shoulders, pain
intensity scores, impact on well-being and health status. MAIN
RESULTS: Improvement in shoulder mobility and associated function for
all participants. Median 'worst pain'pre-therapy score reduced from 7
(mean 7, range 1-10) to a median 'worst pain' score of 1 (mean 1.45,
range 0-5) post-therapy. Fewer pain quality descriptors used by all
participants. All participants experienced improvement in their daily
activities. CONCLUSIONS: Bowen Technique demonstrated an improvement
for participants, even those with a very longstanding history of
frozen shoulder. Further trials are warranted.
AD - Clinical Nursing Practice Research Unit, Faculty of Health,
University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK. bcarter@uclan.ac.uk
FAU - Carter, B
AU - Carter B
TI - Which complementary and alternative therapies benefit which
conditions? A survey of the opinions of 223 professional
organizations.
PG - 178-85
AB - With the increasing demand and usage of
complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) by the general public, it is
vital that healthcare professionals can make informed decisions when
advising or referring their patients who wish to use CAM. Therefore
they might benefit from advice by CAM-providers as to which treatment
can be recommended for which condition. AIM: The primary aim of this
survey was to determine which complementary therapies are believed by
their respective representing professional organizations to be suited
for which medical conditions. METHOD: 223 questionnaires were sent out
to CAM organizations representing a single CAM therapy. The
respondents were asked to list the 15 conditions they felt benefited
most from their CAM therapy, the 15 most important contra-indications,
the typical costs of initial and any subsequent treatments and the
averagelength of training required to become a fully qualified
practitioner. The conditions and contra-indications quoted by
responding CAM organizations were recorded and the top five of each
were determined. Treatment costs and hours of training were expressed
as ranges. RESULTS: Of the 223 questionnaires sent out, 66 were
completed and returned. Taking undelivered questionnaires into
account, the response rate was 34%. Two or more responses were
received from CAM organizations representing twelve therapies:
aromatherapy, Bach flower remedies, Bowen technique, chiropractic,
homoeopathy, hypnotherapy, magnet therapy, massage,nutrition,
reflexology, Reiki and yoga. The top seven common conditions deemed to
benefit by all twelve therapies, in order of frequency, were:
stress/anxiety, headaches/migraine, back pain, respiratory
problems(including asthma), insomnia, cardiovascular problems and
musculoskeletal problems. Aromatherapy, Bach flower remedies,
hypnotherapy, massage, nutrition, reflexology, Reiki and yoga were all
recommended as suitable treatments for stress/anxiety. Aromatherapy,
Bowen technique, chiropractic, hypnotherapy, massage, nutrition,
reflexology, Reiki and yoga were all recommended for
headache/migraine. Bowen technique, chiropractic, magnet therapy,
massage, reflexology and yoga were recommended for back pain. None of
the therapies cost more than l60 for an initial consultation and
treatment. No obvious correlation between length of training and
treatment cost was apparent. CONCLUSION: The recommendations by CAM
organizations responding to this survey may provide guidance to health
care professionals wishing to advise or refer patients interested in
using CAM.
AD - Department of Complementary Medicine, School of Postgraduate
Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, UK.
FAU - Long, L
AU - Long L
FAU - Huntley, A
AU - Huntley A
FAU - Ernst, E
AU - Ernst E
Links:
PubMed
<complementary/alternative medicine >
Search Strategy:
Google - "pubmed"
PubMed - "bowen technique" and pain
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